House S7E2: English vocabulary

turned or operated by a crank

to feel a slight prickling or stinging sensation

more able or skilled than someone or something else

a small piece of soft material used for cleaning a wound or taking a sample

completely clean and free from marks or dirt

present from birth

relating to a system with many rules, offices, and official procedures

to make someone suddenly feel shocked or alarmed

a small firework that makes a loud bang when it explodes

relating to supervising people or work

to delay something until a later time

a stitch used to close a wound or surgical cut

the sewing of stitches, especially as a visible part of a garment

to cause a feeling, reaction, or interest to start or increase

something that makes a surface, line, or shape even or level

a small glass container for holding a liquid, especially medicine

having enough water in your body

a soft thread used for cleaning between your teeth

caring more about other people than about yourself

present but not yet obvious, active, or fully developed

relating to the nervous system or to neurology

to leave a place you have been using or living in

a person or organization that helps two sides communicate or reach an agreement

pain in one or more teeth

a feeling that something good will happen

a short note that explains the meaning of a word or phrase

the act of avoiding someone or something

the study of correct reasoning

a tool with a curved blade, used for cutting crops or grass by hand

in a way that relates to medicine or medical treatment

a thick mass of blood or another liquid that has become partly solid

making quick, sharp movements

to enter a place, organization, or group secretly in order to get information or cause harm

happening from time to time, with breaks in between

belonging naturally to something; part of its basic nature

something that causes a reaction, interest, or activity

showing no thought, care, or intelligence

the act of gathering a crop from the fields

the lowest straight flush in poker: A-2-3-4-5 of the same suit

the act of bending your body forward to show respect or greet someone

to copy the way something looks, sounds, or behaves

having raised ridges or lines

to make someone feel very sad, discouraged, or hopeless

Used to emphasize that something is very large

pleasantly soft, smooth, and not harsh

using statistics or based on statistical data

a rude way of telling someone to stop arguing online and go out into the real world

not acceptable in polite society; considered improper or rude

to stop a bad situation from getting worse

smoothed by rubbing with sandpaper

a process that makes cloth stiffer and stronger by coating it with a special substance

a small pipe used for smoking crack cocaine

a method of finding the age of something by measuring carbon-14 in it

a genetic disease that makes muscles gradually weaken and waste away

a game in which a player or side must reach five points before the other side does

to become pink again as blood starts flowing into it

more than enough; plenty of something

to make something thicker or to become thicker

having mixed feelings about something; unsure whether you like or want it

to make something more difficult or harder to understand

not interested in something and not caring about it

a drug-induced loss of feeling, or of feeling and consciousness, used during a medical procedure

to record that you have started work or a shift

a build-up or blockage that makes movement difficult, especially in traffic or in the body

to throw something with a lot of force

to shoot and kill someone with a gun

slightly crazy, strange, or eccentric

the act of fastening something with a screw

not agreeing with something else; contradictory

sound recorded or played with one channel only

to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

showing or based on a difference

to feel an uncomfortable sensation on your skin that makes you want to scratch

a short track connected to a main railway line, used for parking or loading trains

the soft material inside bones that makes blood cells

used to say you have won or beaten someone